Leah, a young writer, leaves her life in New York for a chance at happiness in San Francisco when her boss, Judy, dies in a traffic accident and leaves her a red sports car.
Autobiographical featuresEdit
Some aspects in the novel parallel Dermansky's own life. Like the character Leah, Dermansky attended Haverford College (but unlike Leah, did graduate from there). And after college, she spent several years working odd jobs in San Francisco, before heading to the American South to do an M.A. in fiction (at the University of Southern Mississippi). She married a fellow writing graduate student (Jürgen Fauth) of Germanic background and they lived in Queens, New York together.[4] Her agent (Alex Glass[5]) first contacted her because he had admired a short story of hers, and wanted to know if she was working on a full-length novel.[4] Dermansky related that she "had a friend who had a red car that she loved, and she died in that red car."[6]
InfluencesEdit
Dermansky has said "The Red Car is my attempt to write a Haruki Murakami novel. A Murakami novel set in the United States, with a female protagonist, written by me, an American woman. This book started out as a writing exercise really" [7] In particular, it shares features with Murakami's book A Wild Sheep Chase, such as a large forward jump in time.[6]
ReceptionEdit
The New York Times wrote "There should be a literary term for a book you can’t stop reading that also makes you stop to think. I slammed down “The Red Car,” Marcy Dermansky’s sharp and fiery new novel, in tense fits and jumpy starts, putting down the book to ponder it, but not pondering long because I had to know what happened next."[3]
2016, novel, written, marcy, dermansky, authormarcy, dermanskycountryunited, stateslanguageenglishgenrefictionpublishedw, norton, company, publication, dateoctober, 2016, pages208, contents, plot, autobiographical, features, influences, reception, referencespl. The Red Car is a 2016 novel written by Marcy Dermansky 2 1 3 The Red CarAuthorMarcy DermanskyCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreFictionPublishedW W Norton amp Company 1 Publication dateOctober 11 2016 2 Pages208 pp 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Autobiographical features 3 Influences 4 Reception 5 ReferencesPlot EditLeah a young writer leaves her life in New York for a chance at happiness in San Francisco when her boss Judy dies in a traffic accident and leaves her a red sports car Autobiographical features EditSome aspects in the novel parallel Dermansky s own life Like the character Leah Dermansky attended Haverford College but unlike Leah did graduate from there And after college she spent several years working odd jobs in San Francisco before heading to the American South to do an M A in fiction at the University of Southern Mississippi She married a fellow writing graduate student Jurgen Fauth of Germanic background and they lived in Queens New York together 4 Her agent Alex Glass 5 first contacted her because he had admired a short story of hers and wanted to know if she was working on a full length novel 4 Dermansky related that she had a friend who had a red car that she loved and she died in that red car 6 Influences EditDermansky has said The Red Car is my attempt to write a Haruki Murakami novel A Murakami novel set in the United States with a female protagonist written by me an American woman This book started out as a writing exercise really 7 In particular it shares features with Murakami s book A Wild Sheep Chase such as a large forward jump in time 6 Reception EditThe New York Times wrote There should be a literary term for a book you can t stop reading that also makes you stop to think I slammed down The Red Car Marcy Dermansky s sharp and fiery new novel in tense fits and jumpy starts putting down the book to ponder it but not pondering long because I had to know what happened next 3 References Edit a b c The Red Car W W Norton amp Company a b The Red Car Kirkus Reviews a b Handler Daniel October 21 2016 The Red Car A Novel of Furious Action and Furious Ideas The New York Times a b Brenna McBride September 30 2005 Double Trouble Haverford Alum s First Novel Twins Tells A Twisted Coming Of Age Tale Haverford College Headlines Archived from the original on June 24 2018 Rebecca LeBoeuf September 12 2017 The Penmen Profile Literary Fiction Writer Marcy Dermansky The Penmen Review Archived from the original on June 25 2018 a b Marcy Dermansky October 12 2016 Marcy Blanche Murakami American Novelist PowellsBooks Blog Archived from the original on June 25 2018 MMatthew Salesses November 18 2016 Small Things Like the Nature of Happiness An Interview with Marcy Dermansky Los Angeles Review of Books Archived from the original on June 25 2018 This article about a 2010s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte This article about an American novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Red Car amp oldid 1143889013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
